Conversational French
For Adults + Children
Would you like to learn to speak French ? Many people enjoy visiting Québec and want to immerse themselves in the culture. Perhaps you have relatives who speak the language and you want to be able to converse with them. Living in northern Vermont adjacent to French-speaking Canada, it makes sense to be able to speak some French when travelling to the Eastern Townships, Montreal or Quebec City. Students will learn simple vocabulary and phrases to begin to converse in everyday situations.
LOCATIONS
Montgomery
Classes in French for children and adults take place at the Montgomery Town Library in Montgomery Center throughout the year. Enrollment is limited to ensure active participation and individual attention. The Library is in the Montgomery Town Public Safety Building and is located at 86 Mountain Road (Route 242). Tracey Durgin, Librarian, can be reached at 802-326-3113. Check the Library web site for the Librarian's email address.
Colchester
Children: After school classes for children in grades 1 through 2 at the Burnham Library started in mid October 2010 and continued through the end of April 2011. A new group of 2nd grade students began lessons in early May 2011. These informal classes are designed to be a fun introduction to French. Contact Rolf Anderson if you live in or near Colchester and would like your children to join a class.
Jay-Westfield
Classes in French for 31 children in grades 1 through 6 took place at the Jay-Westfield School in Jay Village early November 2009 through late December 2009.
Fairfield
Classes in French for children took place at the Chester Arthur Meeting Room in Fairfield Center mid November 2008 through early March 2009. Starting March 13 classes moved to The Bent Northrup Library since the Fairfield Town Offices are closed on Fridays.
The Bent Northrop Memorial Library is located at 57 Park Street, Fairfield, Vermont
Kristen Hughes, the Community Librarian, can be reached at 802-827-3945.
www.bentnorthrop.org
SCHEDULE
Colchester
Children: After school classes for children in grades K through 2 at the Burnham Library started on Wednesday, October 13 2010. We have since moved these classes to Friday afternoons. These informal classes are designed to be a fun introduction to French. Classes continued through mid June 2011 and stopped during the summer recess. They may resume in the Fall. Contact Rolf Anderson if interested.
Montgomery
Adults: Contact Rolf if interested in classes for adults.
Children: After school classes for children at the Montgomery Town Library will begin in Fall 2011. These informal classes are designed to be a fun introduction to French. Advance registration required.
Look ahead: / Fall: Classes for Montgomery area children will be offered at the Montgomery Library starting in October 2011.
Fairfield
Children: Grades 4 + 5 After school classes for children in grades 4 and 5 at the Chester Arthur Meeting Room began mid November 2008. Classes continued each week through April 17, 2009.
Children: Grades 1 + 2 After school classes for children in grades 1 and 2 started March 20, 2009 and continued through April 17.
The classes are sponsored by the Friends of the Bent Northrup Library. These informal classes are designed to be a fun introduction to French. Advance registration required. Contact Rolf Anderson in Montgomery, or Sonia Dodge, Chair of the Friends of the www.bentnorthrop.org, or Kristen Hughes, Community Librarian, if you would like to register your child for Introductory French.
Look ahead: / Summer: Classes for Fairfield students in Grades 1 through 4 took place the summer of 2009 as part of a two-week morning day camp.
MATERIALS
We like the Living Language Books and CDs from Random House Publishing. The Complete Course boxed set titled The Basics includes a course book, a learner's dictionary, a set of three CDs and a handy wallet-sized phrase booklet for travel. These are the published learning materials that we recommend for beginning students, both children and adults.
Pre-school children and their parents do not need to purchase any materials. We will provide you with "Baby's First Steps in French," Living Language by Random House, an excellent CD of songs and rhymes that facilitate language acquisition in very young children by familiarizing them with sounds of French. This CD is lots of fun and can be a wonderful background to many activities.
For adult continuing students Random House has another boxed set titled "Beyond the Basics." For intermediate speakers of French we like the book "Ultimate French : Beginner - Intermediate" also by Random House and "Ultimate French : Advanced". These books do not have accompanying CDs.
CONTACT
To register or for more information,
contact Rolf at
Email: rolf[at]rolfanderson[dot]net.
Please put “French Lessons”
in the subject line of your email.
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